Katie Birenboim

Back when I interviewed Jonathan Bank from the Mint Theater Company, I promised there was a post to come about the closing of the latest Broadway revival of The Music Man, which seemed to send shock waves around the theatre community. As I approach midterms this week and next in graduate school, and didn't have an interview spot scheduled for a little bit, I decided to take … [Read more...] about On Music Man’s Closing, and the Business of Theatre

It's a tale as old as time. The drama department of a college or high school is filled with talented young women, and people of other under-represented genders, who are nearly bursting to get up onto the stage and prove themselves. Yet time and again, it's the same old story: the drama department does Hamlet, Death of a Salesman, The Iceman Cometh, or even something like The … [Read more...] about Where Are the Women?!: My Interview with Julia Greer, Co-Founder of The Hearth

I couldn't imagine a better second guest to introduce to my new, Arts Journal audience than superstar actor Claire Saunders: not only because she performed in Chains at the Mint Theater (the subject of my last podcast and article), but also because her career is defined by variety. I first heard of Claire when I saw her -- and her twin Alanna! -- perform in Barrington … [Read more...] about Claire Saunders and the “Business of Being Perceived”

I couldn't be more thrilled that for my first podcast episode under the guise of Arts Journal I interviewed Artistic Director and Producer of the Mint Theater Company, Jonathan Bank. For those who are unfamiliar, the Mint has a long history in New York City's Off-Broadway scene mounting what's called "lost," or forgotten, plays. Former NY Times chief theatre critic Ben … [Read more...] about “The World Has Changed a Lot Less Than We Think”: an Interview with Jonathan Bank, NYC’s Resident Resurrector of the “Lost” Play